The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-10
TRENTON E,HoES.
Notes of Gossip From the Dying state
LekisIature

bSukt Itttu, IL I = COHNSoe no
ms de for the re ate rsbip against Mr.. Nc
Pherson when the latter was last elected.
The smart Republican t1icksters at TreH-
ton little Unsigned when thew elected Ru-
fus Blodgett United States s ,nator that the
act was destined to make he New Jersey
Democracy unit and heal discussions of
long standing II Paterson On lian.
An effort is being made 70 start Vice
Presid entail boom for William Walter
Phelps.
Gov. Green somewhat eibly expressed
lis opinion of his fellow citizen ex-Speaker
John Eagan of lizabeth, by fling with the
Seer etary of State without his approval, the
bill passed by the Legislature restoring
EgGn TO TIE ghts of citizenship.
Mr.. J ,hn Kennel has received the ap-
pointmeat as Postmaster of Passaic City.
Judge Depuewa first appointed by Gov.
Ward. nj if he serves out his new term
in full 9 will have been twenty eight years
upon the bench.
Secretary of State Kelsey on Friday en-
tered upon his fourth term.
Assemblyman Hudspeth deserved much
more consideration than he has received
But he takes his disappointments with
philosophic good nature.
ed" Mclaughlin behaved like the level
headed man we know him to be during the
excitements that were expected to devel-
opc his peculiarities; but the frolic of the
closing houis sent him off at the handle.
Baird was villainously snubbed by his
fellow memb ers at the closing hours. He
deserved it.. 1t he were man f any SEN
sibility he'd want to hids his head in
bushel basket.
Mr.. Corbiu's structures on the newspaper
meR were altogether too sweeping. Per
haps he had ia mind when he spoke only
the Union county papers that are telling
him that he can't be STATE Senator next
year.
The man who got the biggest hsad-swell-
ing in the House was Matthews of Union.
The boys inflated his vanity just to see
how ridiculous he could make himself.
Mullins & Co. 8 item in the Incidental
bill-which was a markabiy considerate
one-came within an ace of being stricken
out.
The district judges in the cities of the
State whose terms expired with the pres
ent Legislature, because there was no joint
meeting, will hold over for another year
Assemblymun Armstrong is thereby dis
appointed, as he was to have got the Cam
den judgship had there been joint meet
ing, and Colonel Dickinson would have
liked to have named successor to Judge
Randolph.
Fish's roller inspection bill got the big
finger. It is said to have been in the in
terest of the Hartford Fire insurance conf
pany.
1t is said that Assemblyman Hudspeths
voice was checked with emotion when he
endeavored to express his thanks to his
fellow members for he beautiful watch
and chain they presented him with at the
close of the session.
Sixty-eight dollars was appropriated by
the Legislature for repairing locks on the
desks of members and reporters which were
pried open and the desks rihed of their
contents by thieying attaches of the State
House during the session.
Commissioner Cattel of tie State Board
of Assess ors is mad over the appointment
of T. Ell. Wisner to the Board.
FL Q News songratulates you, Commits
siontr Rey nolds
Mr.. J. Kesrney Rice, Prosecutor of the
Pleas in Middlesex county, is mighty
poor stick for Cover or Gre en- TO stick to
after his rejection by the S nate.
Speaker Baird's clerk Kern-succeeded
III g6JtlnH Reimbursed luS pAUU OIL IL = sal
AIRY that he was compelled to pay E. o.
Chambeylin for the two weeks work the
latter did IN the first part of the session,
and which he tried to back out Of paying,
but couldn t. E. o. must feel sorry now
that he pald the backwoods clerk $1O to
keep his agreement.
Terry Mcdonald and Chester Wolverton
spoke very plainly to each other after the
session OF Tuesday night, at which the la
ter made justly righteous attack on
s Terrys claims in the Incidental bill.
Terry, you had no business to call Wolyer-
ion to account for his action.
John Mccormack was on Monday re-
appointed Fish Warden of Camden County
by Governor Green.
Finance Commissioner DATE, ex-senator
Brinkerhoff, Mayor Cleveland, ex-As-
semblyman StelJes, County Clerk Nc
Laughiin and Postn aster Curran, of Ho-
boken, were some OF Rudson's political
lights that graced the Legislature in the
last days of the sessit n.
Johnnie Warner has yet to learn that ex-
Governor Albeit could poll heavier vote
throughout the State than any other man
in the State.
Assemblyman Barrett is probably the
AHost eFSu HlpSleu AuoAD01 VI tn0 iatc
Assembly. If member voted against a
measure of his one day he would turn
around the next day and work for pet
measure of that same member. He says
the only political quarrel he has or ever
expects to have is to get square with the
Democrats whose treaehery defeated Leon
Albeit for United States Senator and he
will labor to get even with them if it takes
him all his life.
It was amusing to ses Terry Mcdonald
rise to explain ome Of his items in the
Incidental BILL There were bills put in by
various stationers for stationery furnished
the Sergeant-at-Arms to the tune of pretty
nearly $1,000. Terry said he didn't know
whore the stationary was, but that the
members had received it. AT this, several